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uponWit''(he tbic^o tie, which is knownm history liesover ^i^wOedi^ Tht! flgnru is of the best s6v*m ami a he If feet high,pedestal eight feet inrj^fvjtiitno pattern, with a 4foht theescnlchoon of Penn-^aiiihtihit • is piaced on the ex-pfirriiftHt point of the second |lij|thb 145th having the right of ■ tiM^lgli^o (Brooke's, of the 1st I)[via®i^ii:^brps.) The 140th look to ‘ %f:; 100 prisoners that day. viii liis history of the battle'.i. \ ■ : **tie division of the Seconds' .ksent in to drive back the ilia force, lint had a bitter $6ho front and was flunked al line so that ultimately all ^ ... e'd to retire, although each ornpferoiligios of valor; indeed, dfrbMoMBrigudc’ charged almost up to tlieiOitehiy’s line of butteries.saya^Corp slro n, emit©!iyworo *'•'•-iSMoluimoot Is situated upon asolidjp^kf feet square and sixiUehesllhbbvc ground. • A more solidi ■ ’ - - --fgitiilt;t|itidn!couhl not have been built.iSacmi*TJ0Xs.i*IIfftli^JPeubsy 1 vii W Infantry, Fourth Hrigiide.First Elytron ; Second Corps..liny:^hi;plic evening about 5 o'clock, theregIraoOT|S,vitti the brigftiJc clnirged from theljoriherifMSio of-1 the wheat Held, driving theeaetajj^ittMkjaurthtf tiinny prisoners, Thispostttdii^fttpiidid' until' the comronad was out*it nuked* -ifc retired. under orders, July ifthe regtmjeyKlMas bi pOBiUou on the loft centerwith th*.^ii|sioii.. :......*Present^ai'CKdystiurtr C28 officers and menKilled antt-iiibrtally.wonaded,.a officers,ai men Wmin dedtltpp. ...............Holt! ceis. 50 menCftpturdd'Ma jiiifa'singj,................ .10 menItecimiwiSil^Brlo, Warfea, C wvford aiifl Alcr*cer. ooun' %s •• :■* •SVouCapUiedofdl ’ounded.ALENilOLI.MKN'i', 1,400. 'ptiiily wounded .18 officers, 170 mobelc..,;.,,..........3 officers, ‘224 menS.T...«.-. 28officers, 3iH menofficers, 307 menHAtitiewn^PTfeafeiicksmdEi' Chaboeliom'flie; Gettyshufg, Auburn, bristoe Station, Mine Hun. WiWoritfSW, Spoltsylvnuia, North Anna, Tolo*and intomdiies with these prliiolplos.Comrmlc Osborn, of Salem ip., was the most useful man of our parly on the battlefield. Ho took the Greovvlllo delegation right to the spot, the poai* lion of the 145th monument, though he had not boon thoro since the fight, 26 years before.Tho Cumberland Valley Railroad is a daisy—nmuugomout, equipment andtil!. Jt seems to lo vuti by kids as asort of a make-believes nit air. Connecting, as they do, with tho groat Pennsylvania Central,it is strange that they don’t catch on to some of tho push of that go-ulumd road.Wo see no'estimate of the number of halt barrels of beer eonsumbd on Pennsylvania Day at Gettysburg, but wo will venture to say that,for ovoiy glass consumed them on that, day, a gallon of patriotic blood was shed in the ter-fiblo three daj's' light there a quarter of a century ngo. Moer for blood; do you bpgrndgoWo nvo not enabled this week to give details of tho dedicatory services of tho other regiments from this part of tho State, for the ronson that our lirstduty was and is to our own 145th, hut hope to do so in tho noal* future. Tho 83d, tho 67th, (lie tilth,the 132th, (lie 140tJi and the 150lli, regiments in which Mercer county. in interested directly, all dedicated monuments.We brought'homo with us a pleco of the granite rook on which the monument stands. Tills granite, it is said, is susceptible of the highest polish, blit it is so Impregnated with iron that it rusts ami thus' becomes discolored. The whole' battlefield is. covered with granite boulders, as though the ground were good: for nothing but tho use to' 'Mm bait W tyj^c,ysaj^j\g^(iottfNburff fllcBnlDirs,UKIanthethewilCOPdm1noiGohoiwilfoilFuchiamasspalowtinwatheHi]lincme hi Go cm 801* liefCOlviaSjK»*ytheall*\hoMU'qiiiouthasfihi ff Iiut
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Shenango Valley News
Greenville, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Sep 20, 1889
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